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People who played a role during WW2 in and around Valkenburg. Most of them appear in the resistance story about Valkenburg. In that case, click on More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg next to that name.
This list is far from being complete.
Read also 1940-1945 - The Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem
† ✡ † Jews Holocaust Allied soldiers USA RAF NL sold Verzet initial resistance L.O. K.P. municipality local contacts couriers occasional resistance Gr. Smit people in hiding Valkenburg+ Valkenburg Berg en Terblijt Schin op Geul IJzeren Sibbe Margraten Houthem-St.Gerlach Geulhem Hulsberg Houthem Klimmen Meerssen Heerlen police priests NSB / NSDAP Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem
The subdistrict of Klimmen included, in addition to Klimmen itself, the villages of Hulsberg, Voerendaal, Ransdaal and Ubachsberg. The cooperation with the sub-district of Valkenburg was, among others, about ration coupons and other things that the people in hiding needed, about the cave called divers’ inn etc. – 3 pers. | ||
Jaspers,
Marie-Thérèse Treesie | ∗ 1924-01-11 Klimmen † 2013-09-08 Imstenrade | L.O. - courier - Klimmen - survivor - Trees Jaspers was the daughter of the notary Jaspers from Klimmen and a sister of Jo Jaspers [1], who was killed in action on May 10, 1940. Trees took over courier services for Bep van Kooten, who also lived in Klimmen. In an interview with … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010638072:mpeg21:a0465 |
Kooten,
van Bartholomeus Johannes Cornelis Bep | ∗ 1914-12-12 Laren N.H. † 1979-06-20 Hilversum | dutch soldier - L.O. - K.P. - Klimmen - survivor - Bep van Kooten, temporarily local leader of the LO Klimmen and, for the sub-district of Valkenburg, contact person to the KP (“Knokploegen”, armed groups), sabotage specialist of the KP. Towards the end of the war, the rayon (subdistrict) of Klimmen worked closely together with the rayon of … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal&q=Bep%20van%20Kooten&rows=1&page=1&fq%5B%5D=search_s_mediatype:%22Foto%27s%22 |
Spoganetz,
Peter | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-17 Koulen, Voerendaal | USA, Old Hickory - Klimmen - war victim - Pvt Peter Spoganetz (119th Inf Rgt) was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://www.oldhickory30th.com/Arno%20Lasoe%20Work%20Siegfried%20Line.htm |